4th Grade Social Emotional Learning Educational Resources : Page 4

In this activity, your child will write a poem recognizing and appreciating the beauty inherent in diversity.

Physical touch through tapping and hugging can be a wonderful way to regulate emotions. In this social emotional learning activity, your child will explore the power of tapping or hugging to help them calm down and relieve feelings of stress or anxiety.

In this activity, work with your child to build a chain of strengths, highlighting their individual strengths and unique abilities.

In this activity, your child will explore techniques that support patience and learn to practice mindfulness when waiting.

Children reflect on ways they have cared for themselves, others, and the Earth before building a garden to share beauty with others in their community.

Judgements assumptions about others can cause disconnect in relationships and communities. In this social emotional learning activity, kids will explore how to break through assumptions and create a colorful bracelet that represents unity.

In this activity, your child will reflect on how adults can learn from kids. They will watch a TED Talk presented by a 12-year-old girl about the power of young people’s ideas and teachings, and they will generate some of their own unique ideas.

In this activity, your child will use two powerful questions to investigate a thought and the truth behind it. They will write and perform a skit using mindfulness and these important questions.

In this activity, your child will use mindfulness to practice staying as still as they can. Then, during a freeze dance activity, they will pay attention to the constellation of sensations and feelings throughout parts of their bodies.

Children will reflect on the importance of performing acts of kindness for the Earth, hear a story about easy ways they can care for the Earth, and set goals to conserve more in their everyday lives.

In this activity, your child will design their own Best Self Journal to reflect on ways they have been their best each day.